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TC1 and TMI 1 – Commenced
1 March, 2024

Choose COVE Training to learn traffic control and traffic management implementation on urban streets and low-volume rural roads.

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Get on board the TMR program​

In Victoria, the Department of Transport and Planning (DTP) is delivering the Transport Management Reform (TMR) program to transform the traffic management industry. It will provide the extra support needed to promote safety on the road network and reduce unnecessary congestion and delays around worksites. Find out more about the TMR program here.

These new requirements will come into effect on the 1st of March, 2024.

TC1 and TMI1 Qualifications

Duration Course Fee Available Location Important
3 days
$1200 for both courses (includes $125 Austroads registration fees). Call COVE Training on 03 8773 9000 for more details.
You can complete this course at our Dandenong and Thomastown locations where you will learn in a classroom and within practical settings, plus it is available on weekends. We also offer onsite training for groups with a minimum booking of six (6) participants.
TC1 and TM1 must be completed before progressing to TC2 and TMI2.

Gain your Traffic Control (TC) 1 and Traffic Management Implementation (TMI) 1 courses with COVE Training. The TC1 and TMI1 courses will teach you the skills to work on urban streets and low volume rural roads. Our experienced team has been training Victoria’s traffic management workforce for over 20 years.

Classroom Training and Mandatory Practical Placement: 20 hours of placement completed on category 1 roads after three days of classroom training. Evidence of three Traffic Management set ups with an Accredited Traffic Management Company. Cove Training will provide details of Accredited Traffic Management companies who are offering practical placement opportunities, or you may organise your own placement or already be employed in the industry. This will be explained in detail during your classroom training. Theory training run by COVE. All elements of training managed by COVE.

TTM National Training Program Skill Sets

TC1 – RIISS00058

  • RIIWHS206 – Control traffic with portable traffic control devices and temporary traffic signs
  • RIIWHS205E – Control traffic with stop-slow bat
  • RIICOM201E – Communicate in the workplace

TMI1 – RIISS00060

  • RIIWHS302E – Implement traffic management plans
  • RIIRIS301E – Apply risk management processes
  • RIIWHS303 – Position, set up and program portable traffic control devices
  • RIICOM201E – Communicate in the workplace

Pre-requisites

  • Applicants must be at least 18 years of age.
  • Applicants must have a White Card. If you do not have a White Card, click here to enrol now with COVE.
  • COVE Training does not have CRICOS accreditation and is unable to train students on an ‘International Student’ VISA.

Incidental Expenses

All students undertaking this course will be required to provide their own Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) to undertake the practical placement hours with a traffic company. PPE may vary between traffic organisations facilitating practical placement, and all students are required to confirm the mandatory PPE with their placement organization directly to ensure compliance. Common mandatory PPE items you will be required to provide include 2 way radios, high-vis pants, hard hat, safety glasses, high vis shirt/vest/jacket, Steel capped boots and gloves. You can view infographic on PPE items HERE.

Pathways Forward

FAQs

Austraods in consultation with the industry have implemented these changes due to the amount of deaths, serious injuries and minor injuries in the Temporary Traffic Management Industry

The training has increased from two days to six days.  There is now practical placement requirements and fees that are paid to Austroads.  These can all be viewed in the course fees agreements

If you are not already employed in the industry, Cove Training will facilitate the practical placement component of your training.

Yes your white card must be completed before you commence studying Tc! And TMI1

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